Ideas 23 March 2026 The Gulf was Silicon Valley’s bet on the future. Trump has put it in the crosshairs The same choke points that made the Gulf the world’s energy crossroads now threaten its role as the nerve center of the AI age. By Bobby Ghosh
Innovation 3 March 2026 India’s tech sovereignty is built on digital dependence By Dwaipayan Banerjee
Tech Giants 26 January 2026 While politicians shape U.S.-China relations, their families turn to the stock market By Hazel Gandhi
Access & Connectivity 23 January 2026 Iran’s internet blackout may become permanent, with access for elites only The regime is testing a two-tier internet where access becomes a vetted privilege. Its economic cost could be staggering. By Indranil Ghosh
Regional Champions 7 January 2026 Why Venezuela’s political shock had MercadoLibre’s stock rallying Donald Trump’s capture of Nicolás Maduro has fueled speculation that the Latin American e-commerce company will gain from a political change in Venezuela. By Ananya Bhattacharya
Innovation 8 December 2025 Cheap and powerful AI campaigns target voters in India The Bihar state election was awash with voice clones and synthetic videos that reached voters easily and spread misinformation. By Saurabh Sharma and Raihana Maqbool
Innovation 6 November 2025 How TikTok cozied up to wealthy investors in Saudi Arabia and the UAE In her new book, Every Screen on the Planet: The War Over TikTok, journalist Emily Baker-White charts the Chinese app’s rise to becoming a global juggernaut. Here is an excerpt on the company’s courtship of the Gulf nations ahead of a deal on its U.S. operations. By Emily Baker-White
China Outside China 22 May 2025 DJI drones are everywhere. The U.S. may still ban them No U.S. agency has been assigned to review DJI’s security risks, which could trigger an automatic ban by year’s end. By Nicole Fan
Politics 9 April 2025 Tracking the global fallout of Trump’s escalating trade war Trump’s latest round of tariffs targets nearly all U.S. imports, hitting countries across Asia, Africa, and Latin America with steep new rates and shaking global supply chains. By Rest of World Staff
Innovation 8 April 2025 Trump’s tariffs are testing Nvidia’s chip supremacy. Can Jensen Huang weather the storm? Stephen Witt, author of a new book on Nvidia and its CEO Jensen Huang, on how the leading AI chip designer is navigating geopolitical tensions around its products. By Viola Zhou
Innovation 8 April 2025 What we learned from tracking AI use in global elections Citizens and politicians around the world last year used AI for misinformation, memes, and more. By Khadija Alam
Tech Giants 20 March 2025 “I need to rethink my future”: Tech professionals on how they’re coping with Trump’s rapidly shifting immigration changes Many immigrants are concerned about the impacts of changing policies and anti-immigration rhetoric. By Rest of World Staff